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FRAUD ALERT
It has come to our attention that there are people who are circulating false employment adverts on various social media platforms with regard to purported job openings at Amref Health Africa and the Ministry of Health in Kenya. This is to notify members of the public that ALL its jobs are advertised on this website at www.amref.org, Relief Web, Devex and the national dailies where applicable. Duly note that Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any f
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Dorcus Indalo Personal Story
In the last 13 years that Dorcus Indalo has been working with Amref Health Africa in Kenya, she has gone from supporting HIV and AIDS project in one of Africa’s largest urban slums, to working with Maasai and Kamba communities to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in Kajiado and Kitui counties. Today, she rubs shoulders with legislators and policy makers at the County and National level to advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights. With so many years of experience, and such a variety of work, it’s no wonder that Dorcus has three mome
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The agony of getting clean water: Muli Mboya’s story
One part of the country has plenty of water. The other has not had it for several months. The differences go deeper than that. Muli Mboya, 13, a resident of Mwingi understands this paradox pretty well. When the twilight fades to blackness, it lights a fire to Muli’s hearts. It burns away her joy and happiness she got from school. The eerie darkness of every night means walking for hours and hours with her little brother to look for water. It is 2am and she is already wielding a whip to urge her two donkeys forward, Muli has woken up earlier than everyone else in the village and is rushing
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Amref partners with colleges to train medical personnel
Amref Health Africa has partnered with the Malawi College of Health Sciences (MCHS) and Ekwendeni College of Health Sciences (Ecohs), to provide eLearning training courses for nurse-midwife technicians. The two pilot colleges plan to enrol about 40 students each on the two-year course starting June this year who will graduate with a diploma in nursing and midwifery. The targeted nurse-midwife technicians, who will become registered nurse-midwives after completion of studies, are expected to continue work
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E-Plus in partnership with AMREF Flying Doctors Rescues a Five Month Baby Specialized Treatment
Tuesday, 20 March 2018, Nairobi: Emergency Plus Medical Services (E-Plus) in partnership with AMREF Flying Doctors has carried out an air evacuation for a five-month old baby with a congenital extra-cranial tumour from Mandera county to Nairobi for a specialized medical treatment. The baby was received by E-Plus Medical Director, Dr. Muthoni Ntonjira at Wilson Airport and transfered to Kenyatta National Hospital for a neurosurgical care by Dr. Samuel Njiru, a neurosurgeon and Dr. Susan Nabulindo, a paediatric anaesthesiologist. Ms Julie Gichuru of Arimus Media reached ou
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Generous travelers fund 1,000 more care providers in Africa
Thanks to generous donations by travelers at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and the efforts of airport staff, who together raised a total of 214,700 euros in 2017, Amref Flying Doctors can train 1,000 additional care providers in Africa and give some 500,000 people access to healthcare. Since January 2017, Royal Schiphol Group and Amref Flying Doctors have been working together to raise money and highlight the need for better healthcare in Africa. As well as collection points where travelers can donate money in the terminals, Schiphol staff have raised funds through various act
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Amref Joins Health Stakeholders in Aligning NCDs to Universal Health Coverage agenda
The Cabinet Secretary for Health in Kenya, Mrs Sicily Kariuki, has appealed to development partners to support the Government in mapping out how to achieve Universal Health Coverage in the context of a growing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).
“The government of Kenya has already put in place a number of strategies and programmes to fast-track the achievement of UHC. This includes scaling up health insurance enrolment through, among others, the use of community-based approaches; investing in infrastructure and leveraging technological innovations,” she said. Read More
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Amref reveals plan to improve health access for 25 million Kenyans over the next five years
NGO seeks Ksh 26 billion for health programmes to support national and county health agenda Nairobi, March 15, 2018 … Amref Health Africa in Kenya has today unveiled a plan to support the improvement of primary health care for 25 million people in the country over the next five years. The ambitious plan, which will cost Ksh 26 billion (USD 262 million), focusses on improving access to basic health care services by underserved communities, women, children and the youth. Speaking at the launch of Amref Health Africa in Kenya’s Strategic Pla
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